Anti-gay graffiti in workplace may cost Metro Nashville

Who placed slurs directed at water department employee still not known

1:57 AM,
Aug. 6, 2013

Written by

Joey Garrison
| The Tennessean

Repeated homophobic graffiti that targeted a Metro employee at the workplace over a three-year span is likely to cost Metro government $50,000 - even though the culprits are unknown.

Les "Bud" Buckner, who remains an employee at Metro Water Services, sued the city over alleged sexual harassment after slanderous graffiti was directed at him from the time he was hired more than seven years ago.

The slurs continued to appear at work areas Buckner frequented from October 2010 through February 2013, written in vehicle bays, the restroom at the Third Avenue water department office where Buckner ...